"Omni Pantech." Peter repeated in disbelief. He pointed to Omni...Well the Demon one. "That is Omni Pantech, right over there." he said, quite sure of this. Omni - the human - looked at Omni - the demon - and couldn't help but crack up. "When I said that you might be the next Omni, I meant that I'd actually have to die first." Omni - the demon - rolled his eyes. "Oh give me a break. We all thought you died years ago!" Omni - the human - sighed. "Look... Let's just go by our real names, okay? I can tell that we've already lost the young ones." And it was true. Katie and Zestos were both scratching their head while Peter was just still trying to make sense of it all. Cerulean had wandered off and had started to heal the wounds of the other demons. "Let's try this again. I'm Felix Pantech." Felix shook hands with Peter. Peter recoiled slightly. There was something he didn't quite like about Felix. It seemed like he knew him already, and had some difference with him. Felix frowned a bit, and went over to greet Zestos and Katie, and then Cerulean. Omni - the demon - sighed. "I guess I'll have to drop the Omni title. My name is actually Tom." He revealed.

"Tom?" Peter raised an eyebrow. "It doesn't fit you very well; it sounds too human." he laughed a bit. Tom laughed too. "You can't choose your name." he shrugged. At that point, Felix sighed. "We really don't have time for the whole family reunion thing...We still have problems to deal with." The others gave a confused look. Felix frowned. "I wasn't the only Crystal Demon...I was King Ranked. We still have to kill the Sovereign rank! Krystallos." Peter's jaw dropped. He had forgotten that the demon's name was Krystallos...and that definitely wasn't Felix's name. "W-wait..." Studdered Katie. "Another one? A stronger one?" She bit her lip in fear. Felix tried to soothe her. "Now, now my dear... You have me to help you now. We're all in this." He smiled. Of course Felix's proud demeanor meant nothing to Katie, since she didn't even know Felix, so she wasn't comforted much. Zestos wasn't too thrilled either. "Where is this demon?" Felix then replied. "He's here...But sleeping. We have but a few minutes before he'll awaken." He shuddered.

This was a great dismay to everyone. "But...We just finished fighting you...We're tired!" Cerulean related. Felix sighed and noticed the amulets for the first time. "You have the Dimension Stones." he pointed out. "All of them? Remarkable... I searched my whole life for them..." he smiled happily. Tom nodded. "Felix is made of two of the stones. He forced life into himself and made himself a body. It's quite remarkable." Chuck nodded. "It's strange to think that our ancestor was a rock...no wait, two rocks." he laughed and Peter rolled his eyes. "Even so... What if these Dimension Stones aren't enough?" Felix frowned and then said morbidly. "Then we die... I am counting on you to kill this demon that has haunted me for over 500 years."

Peter narrowed his eyes slightly. "Are we fighting for you, or for everyone?" Felix paused as he felt a wave of nostalgia rolled over him. The acidic remark reminded him of someone...and it should. Felix shook his head. "I'm just saying that I'm one of millions who has been tormented by this demon..." Felix bit his lip. "Tom, may I speak to you alone?" He moved away from the group with Tom. Once he was alone with him, Felix spoke. "His memories are resurfacing... Is that bad?" Tom gave a worried look. "I'm not sure...It might be a good thing. You did say that he was free once he completed the job you gave him. Maybe this means the death of the Crystal Demon will be within these next few minutes!" He seemed excited now. Felix sighed. "But you know how dangerous he'll be! We shouldn't be cheering for his memories to resurface... He'd probably kill me if he knew the truth... What I did to him. I've used him as a tool for... what? Eighty years? Though most of that was just sitting as a soul..." Tom stiffened. "Look. You've done what you've had to do. When it's over, just kill him. You're thinking too much on him. He's just a kid in this life..." Felix narrowed his eyes. "Yeah...only now I've made him stronger."

With that, the two came back to the group. Zestos sighed. "Felix, will these Dimension Stones really do the trick? I don't even know how to use it." Felix nodded. "Yes. Since we have them all, we can easily destroy him...I think. I've never used them all at once. It's been forever since they've all been together." Which was quite true, in reality. Since creation, they had never been all in one place. "Now using them is quite simple. Each one of you is already a master of your skill. You just have to let the core essence of the stones fill your being... From there, you unleash the entire thing at once. As we do this, the power will collide with each other and destroy the demon. That is the plan." Katie raised her hand. She acted as though there were a ****oom. "Um. Should we clear everyone else out, then?" Felix scratched his chin for a few moments and then nodded. "Yes. That is the safest thing to do. They're probably at their limit now anyways. Let's get them out of here in the little time that we have left." Skylos, Neon, and Tom descended down the stairs...

The six humans and the Earth Demon gathered at the center. Silence was omnipresent as they waited for the Crystal Demon to make its appearance. They next few minutes would be the most important time of their life. It was either be victorious, or die trying to protect everything they loved and cared for. They were the only ones that could protect the future now. Felix had met this monster on the field before, but even he was worried of failure. Looking behind him, he could see the apprehensive faces of his fellow friends and family. He wished that there was some way that he could cheer them up, but no ideas came to mind. Instead, he had to painfully watch and wait for the Crystal Demon to suddenly appear and destroy them. "Felix." A sudden call from Peter had distracted him. "Yes?" He said, cautiously. He hoped that the kid hadn't gotten back any of his memory. Peter said. "You have some explaining to do, after we win." Felix nodded. He promised to himself that he would explain everything to him. He deserved it.

Then the entire realm started to shake. It became worse and worse as the second passed, until they stopped suddenly. Krystallos was standing there, at fifteen feet high. During the quakes, the team had ended up making a circle around him. Felix was facing him from the front. "You...!" He roared. "Will give me what is mine! NOW!" Felix was clenching his teeth in fury. Krystallos seemed quite calm as he replied with one, booming, syllable. "NO." Felix expected this to be the case, so his reply to that was to fire a void orb at the demon. The orb imploded, but did no visible damage. Since Felix had apparently started the fight, each took turns attacking. Peter fired a menacing blast of shadow energy from Krystallos's own shadow. Zestos unleashed a fury of white flames. Chuck tried tearing the fabrics of the dimension where the Crystal Demon stood. Katie combined her time powers with Chuck to further destroy the demon, and she also let out bolts of electricity. Cerulean sprayed a geyser of needle-like water. Finally, Robbie conjured razor-sharp spires which launched like missiles at the Crystal Demon. These attacks went in a clockwise direction.

Unfortunately, all of the attacks appeared to do minimal damage, as Krystallos was unfazed. In return, Krystallos stomped his massive right, clawed foot and the whole ruins rocked back and forth. This quake sent everyone off their feet and only a few were still standing down in the demon section, down below. The seven quickly jumped to their feet. "Again!" Felix roared. The group then repeated their onslaught, except this time around, Peter and his group used their Sol Core pieces. While this normally would have destroyed even the ashes of the target, Krystallos stood firm. It seemed like none of their attacks - no matter how strong they were - could penetrate the Crystal Demon's body. Krystallos responded 100 times more aggressive this time around. His massive claws cupped together and formed what appeared to be a Crystal Orb. The raw power sent a wave of nausea over everyone in the realm. But that wasn't the actual attack itself... Krystallos through the orb into the ground, right below him, and the entire stone structure of the floating ruins burst forth with crystal. Humans and Demons alike sprawled out into the no-gravity zone above the ruins.

Everyone appeared to be on the verge of unconsciousness, which would be the death of them. The scent of blood was everywhere. Felix was the first to recover of the seven in the circle. He looked all around him at the carnage and gritted his teeth. "If our attacks won't work... Then we'll just use the stones..." He found his group and rallied them together. While they were in this cluster, Cerulean healed the little group. Before the Crystal Demon could attack again and wipe everyone out, they hurried back into their circle formation. As they hovered there, the other demons were recovering with help from Skylos and Fos. "Alright everyone..." Felix said quietly as he closed his eyes. His left half of his body started to glow white and the right half started to glow black. It was as if his entire body was becoming an aura. The same thing was happening to the other six as well. The circle started with Zestos now, and he was glowing entirely red. It moved on to Chuck, who was orange, and then to Katie and so on in rainbow order. The combination of the energies made the demon resonate loudly.

All in one moment, the energies stretched out to one another and all fused together in the center of the circle. The color made was unidentified; it was one that had not been discovered. This brilliant color swirled around like a storm above Krystallos. The demon didn't seem all too interested in it. He started to charge up another orb. Neon then shouted to everyone in their minds. You MUST use it now! And use it they did. All at once, the seven directed the flow of energy and it rained down in a beam that was as wide as the Crystal Demon. The blast lit up Krystallos and it uttered a booming...scream? The sound was so unreal that no one could say what it was. The demon's body cracked loudly and shattered into dust. The crystal encompassing the ruins turned to dust and disappeared. Everyone was able to land back on it now. Peter touched down first and was relieved. "Have we done it?" He said, uncertain. The others touched down as well and were looking in all directions, as if they were expecting the demon to still be there. Felix beamed. "Yes!" He paused. "Yes..." He blinked. It was...over.

Joy spread throughout everyone as this reached everyone's realization. There was much hugging going on. Peter and his group, and Robbie with Chuck. Felix looked up into the sky as he finally had served his purpose. His smile was wiped away as a mist of crystal blue was hovering there. It shot down a blast of crystal which was aimed for Felix. It never made it, however. Suddenly, the Sol Demon appeared in the realm and neutralized the blast with sol. He spoke. "This has gone on long enough! I will not accept my emotions to destroy any longer. My point of existence was to make everyone better than what they were. I strived to come up with a way that would do this. So I absorbed an orange gem I found one day in my exile which made me what I am today. But then I was the only one that had found perfection. So I split all of my elements, powers, and emotions into what you would call the first demons. They in turn made other demons...and I was quite satisfied with my work. But this Crystal Demon was made...and it was pure chaos. Not anymore! I am taking it all back!" he finished his laconic speech.

As he finished, he focused all of his power. All of the demons in the realm began to glow. Their demon cores left their bodies and shot up to the Sol Demon. Even the Crystal Demon was helpless to this attack. All of the cores rejoined with the Sol Demon, and he crashed into the ground. All demons were out cold now. Felix bent over the Sol Demon and checked his pulse. He was alive. Skylos and Neon also checked the others, and found them to be fine as well. Cerulean then yelped in astonishment. The Water Demon, Thalassa, had suddenly turned...human. Zestos's jaw dropped as he saw Flare as a human as well... And well, the others had all changed too. Even the Sol demon's form had diminished, and he was human. Felix was astonished. "There are...no more demons!" A strange concept. The Sol Human was the first to wake up. He looked around and groaned. "Am I successful? Or have I moved on with you as well?" He asked, lightly. Felix grinned. "You did it." He stood up and lit a Sol Orb. "I still have my powers." he said simply. "They have them too." He could apparently sense it. "Omni. Was this entirely my fault?" Felix frowned. "No. You did what you thought was best. You didn't know that this would end up happening." But then the Sol Human shook his head. "But I neglected to do anything about it." Felix shook his head. "You did something not two minutes ago." The Sol Human just shook his head in response.

Felix walked over to Peter. "Are your memories back, now that you've completed the task I set for you eighty years ago?" Peter nodded and replied in a very disgusted tone. "Yes." he narrowed his eyes. "We'll talk, but after everyone leaves." Felix nodded at Peter's conditions. This was going to be very rough.

...But was worse was soon to follow. Omni and Megethos rushed in the room where Peter and Sid were. Omni looked momentarily confused at the sight of Sid, but quickly put on a frown. "Where is everyone else?" he said, in a distraught voice. "We have big problems." Megethos, the Dimension demon, wore a robe like all the rest, but this one was black with four-pointed star designs on it. His skin was a light purple. he seemed to be keeping his composure quite well. Peter related. "Chuck is teaching Cerulean something...and Zestos and Katie are training Time and Dimension." Omni blinked, quite surprised by D, all of the above. "Well there's no time for that." He snapped, slightly. "Go find them at once!" Peter and Sid scrambled out of the room and went to find the three.

Sid found Cerulean and Chuck, just as they were finishing up the lesson, and he related the happenings to Chuck and Cerulean. The three-some headed back while Peter found the other two, which were now quite confident that they could cause some damage with the combination of Time and Dimension. Those three ran back as well. When they arrived, they were all already seated. they quickly seated themselves as well. Omni spoke. "We have some...very bad news. The Crystal Demon is breaking the last of Universal Barrier as we speak. We need to leave immediately to the Universal Nexus.

"The where?" Katie interrupted. Omni rolled his eyes. "It's the place where all Universes touch. Consider it the center of a Venn diagram. Anyways." He then continued. "We trapped the Crystal Demon there many years ago, but now we can't keep up the...net, to lack better term. We need to take it out, now." All eyes in the room were worried. "We'll of course have every demon come with us...and we'll be counting on you four." He meant Katie, Peter, Zestos, and Cerulean. "We're leaving immediately. I have all of the demons waiting at the portal, minus the three of us." He included Sid. "Let's move." he broke the meeting and was already moving out to the portal he had apparently made.

The group followed quite closely. Peter kept up with Omni. "No more fighting?" He asked. Omni shook his head. "There's no need. Your little group is quite capable. I don't see why we need to test you further...unless you want to see this fight as your exam or something... Just don't get killed." They arrived and were met by demons they were familiar with, and many they weren't. Omni spoke loudly. "This is where it begins to end. Let us all be triumphant!" There was a mixed roar of demons and suddenly, everyone was warped to the Nexus.

The Nexus was quite a spectacle. The sky looked like space as it was in every direction. The group was standing on large square of rock, with pillars all around and going along a staircase from each side. At the top of the staircase was a giant crystal, along with two medium sized crystals. A faint aura came from both of them; the one on the left was white and the other one on the right was black. The giant central crystal had an enormous aura which could only belong to the Crystal Demon. The area around already looked like ruins. Peter wondered what the ruins would turn into once the Crystal Demon got out. Omni sighed. "This, place used to allow people to go to other Universes...But that has been gone since we sealed that here... Your grandfather, Peter, is in the crystal on the left." Peter frowned as he looked to the crystal that was far above him. "Let's get him out then." Peter said. Omni nodded sadly. "Yeah... Their barrier is about gone anyways...We might as well." Omni was, however, looking at the right crystal. The large group made their way to the top on all four sides of the staircases.

Katie and Cerulean flinched when they got to the top; Zestos almost fell over. The Crystal Demon had been frozen in a shocking pose of it about to slash the life out of someone (Peter had been inspecting the crystal of his grandfather, and he didn't notice). Omni looked into the other crystal. "Ah...Perfectly preserved." Inside was the unconscious form of a Dark Human. He was wearing all black. It was a robe of some sort and was probably demon in origin. Around his neck was a brilliant onyx amulet. The Dark Human's skin was a very pale color which had nothing to do with him being preserved, and the only spot it wasn't was around his eyelids, which were black, supposedly from lack of sleep over the years. His hair was also quite black. Omni smiled and said quietly. "My nephew... Neon." He put his hand to the crystal, and it cracked. He spun to Peter. "It's worse than I thought. Just touching it will free them now..."

Peter, meanwhile, had been examining his Grandfather. Inside was an unconscious Light Human. He was the exact opposite of Neon. He wore all white, but he also was wearing a robe of demon origins. It appeared that he too had an amulet around his neck. It was a white stone, so he knew that it had to be an opal. His skin wasn't tan, but it wasn't pale either. Compared to Neon, though, he would look African. The Light Human's hair was a beautiful snowy white and his facial expression was actually a smile. "Skylos...I'm told." the crystal cracked on its own as he heard Omni.

Zestos, Katie, and Cerulean jumped back as the crystal casing on the Crystal Demon splintered and shattered to the ground. At that moment, every demon began an onslaught and went at the demon. Neon and Skylos were freed themselves, but they were still unconscious. "I'll take them to safety." Chuck had come with them and had volunteered. He scooped up the two bodies and then found that the other humans were helping him. "Don't you have a fight?" Chuck asked. Cerulean voiced. "Yes, but these two need attention..." Chuck knew what she was getting at...after all, he had taught her just minutes before. "Go ahead." he said quickly. Cerulean closed her eyes and a watery aura lifted in the form of a mist. The mist flowed gently down on Skylos and Neon and their bodies glowed bluish.

The effect ended moments later, and they came to with a large gasp for air. At this point, Omni and Robbie had joined. "Thank goodness," Robbie began, "they're alive." Skylos looked around wildly and figured out what was going on. "Oh...It's been ages since I could move." he said. Neon had already stood up and was receiving a hug from a grinning Omni. Peter offered a hand to Skylos, Skylos took it, and he then looked at Peter when he was on his feet. He stared slightly and gave a soft laugh. "I'm not sure who you look more like...me, or H--" He was cut off as Omni hugged him too. Omni stared talking really fast. "WefoundawaytobeattheCrystalDemonwhichinvolvesthesefour--" Neon covered Omni's mouth and stared slightly. "Slow down." He said in a deep, unemotional voice. Omni took a breath. "Crystal is like glass. Fire and ice should actually do the trick, so here we have Zestos and Cerulean." he said, introducing them. Sounds from the battle echoed all around. Crystals were flying everywhere and explosions were erupting. "...Reunion later." Zestos said. "We still need to win this fight." They turned to rejoin the fight.

"Wait!" Chuck suddenly said. "Your card is finally burning, Skylos." Skylos turned and blinked. That fortune had to have been 60 years old... "You remember...The card was the one that pointed towards a solution. Do you have one on you or something?" Skylos looked at Neon and exchanged glances. "We have... Some artifacts that we've collected over the years... We tried using them ourselves, but it didn't work." Neon cut in. "You mean six of them didn't...two worked quite fine." His blue eyes fell to Skylos's amulet. "We have six people here. Give yours out." Neon finished. He took from his pocket a green amulet, a violet one, and an orange one. He handed the green one to Robbie, the violet one to Peter, and the orange one to Chuck. Chuck exclaimed. "The Dimension Jewels!" he was shocked. Skylos pulled out a red one, a yellow one, and a blue one. He gave the red one to Zestos and stopped. "Your granddad used to own this. I'm sorry it took me so long to return it." He gave the yellow one to Katie, and then the blue one to Cerulean. Omni looked quite pleased. "Ho ho! All eight of the most powerful things in the universes." Neon held up a hand. "Save them. You only get to use them once. Use your own powers first. They're only a last resort." With that, he teleported to the top and began fighting. "Follow him!" Katie shouted with a jump. Up the stairs they went.

The demons were all fighting to the best of their ability, and they appeared to be winning. The Crystal Demon was firing blue shards all around which scraped the skin of a demon every now and then. The air was filled with the scent of the black demon blood. The Pantechs all joined the battle, minus Peter, who stayed with his group. "Alright." he began. "Let's stick with the plan. Katie shall freeze the time of attacks. Zestos will then heat the Crystal Demon's body up into extreme temperatures. Cerulean will then immediately douse the demon in icy water. We'll repeat this until the demon is filled with cracks. Once this happens, We'll all go for a final attack, with the help of the Sol Core. Any questions?" Everyone shook his or her head. "In that case, 1, 2, 3, break!" They rushed to the battle scene and took up positions. While the demons were distracting the Crystal Demon, Zestos let out a wall of searing white flames. He knew that he needed to heat up the body, but that would take some time. Flare saw Zestos and then decided to speed up the process by helping him. He had a cheery look to him and commented. "Just like old times..." Cerulean stood ready as Peter helped to destroy the crystals being thrown around. Large energy beams also threatened anyone in front.

Finally, The Crystal Demon appeared to be red-hot. "Now, Cerulean!" Zestos yelled. Cerulean took her place and in one move, she doused the Crystal Demon in freezing water. A loud cracking sound was heard, but it then stopped. Katie frowned. "You'll have to do it again... or wait. Run around the demon and fire continuously as you run around! The cracks will be distributed more." But the Crystal Demon was now aware of the danger and was attacking Zestos and cerulean now. Katie quickly froze the attacks. Peter was fending off claws. "Do hurry! The Demons are running out of strength as it is!" he bit his lip. Cerulean put herself on the opposite side as Zestos. They began running around the demon and attacking as they went. The confusion of temperatures was already starting to take its toll, since there were already cracks. Peter took his place next to Katie and then a shattering sound was heard as the layer of crystal broke away to show the tender layer of crystal skin. "Now!" Peter yelled and they all converged on the demon, using the Sol Core as one, the Crystal Demon's body glowed orange, and then exploded in a wild display of blue.

Shockingly, where the demon had been, an unconscious human was floating down to the ground. Peter and Omni reached the body first. The human was wearing a two-toned robe. The sleeves were black, while the body was white. It was trimmed in black, but the belt was entirely black, just as the boots were. His face seemed young, but his hair was dazzling silver. The body was quite cold and only seemed to be a shell. Skylos and Neon, tired from fighting, bent down and examined the human. "The old guy looks dead..." Skylos said, with a frown. Neon shook his head. "His body cannot live without his soul...or in his case...souls." he took off the amulet and placed it on the old human's chest. Skylos followed suit and understood. Peter was quite confused...How could their main enemy have been human? And how did they know who he was... The two amulets both shone brilliantly and seemed to sink into his body. With a gasp, the old guy woke up and looked around. His eyes were brown. The human met Peter's eyes and gave a look of surprise. "Who are you?" Peter asked first. The human got up and brushed himself off. "Well that's simple. Omni Pantech."

Felix was very embarassed. "How the heck did I forget?!" He smacked his forehead as he stood in front of the couch. He had never opened the present that Laios had given him for his birthday. It was not his fault, of course. Would you remember your presents if you had suddenly gotten engaged on your birthday? When Laios had gone out shopping one day, he grabbed the bok fro mbehind the couch and opened it. Inside was a robe made from some unknown material that didn't really feel like thread. The robe was Felix's two favorite colors; white and black. The body of the robe was white, and trimmed in black. The belt and sleeves were also black. Quite happy with this present, he put into into his wardrobe and pretended that it had been there for months.

Today marked the day that Felix and Laios would leave for their tour of the universes. Knowing that taking money with them would be utterly pointless, the two packed as much supplies as they could. It would probably suffice for a week, but it was only a vacation anyways. They could always restock back at home as well. When they had finished packing, Felix charged up his power over light and darkness and held Laios's hand. He then stepped as though he were stepping through to another room, and suddenly they were in an open field of someone unknown world. This was only the first of many adventures the two went out on.

It was some time later that Felix and Laios were returning home that a joyous thing happened. Laios had twins; a boy and a girl. Felix and Laios were quite happy, but knew that their adventuring would have to end now. The two named them Tranductus and Chara respectively. Felix had become a father and now had a tough time for himself for the next years. He was quite glad when the twins had become old enough to travel. Laios was protective at first, but then was delighted in the thought of traveling the dimensions again. Better yet, they had their teens with them. This is where the story takes an unfortunate turn.

On Chronos, Felix and the family were looking around at the many different types of magic when a sudden storm rocked the area. Felix shuddered when he felt a power that was beyond anything he had ever felt before. The sky looked like it was filled with cracks, which then shattered like glass. An entity that couldn't even fit into the dimension loomed overhead. Its power shot across the globe, destroying all in its wake. Its stone blue eyes fell to Felix and his family. It so happened that Felix and the twins were the strongest beings in the world at that time. The creature gave a swipe that was like a catagory five hurricane. Laios and Chara were able to push Felix and Tranductus away just as it was nearing and they fell to safety. Laios and Chara were grabbed by the creature and taken away.

Felix was horrified and engaged the creature. He stood no chance and was quickly defeated. Tranductus was the only one left standing. The creature was now now leaving. Its final words told Tranductus that his family was all still alive. To avoid being taken at the last minute, he grabbed his father and warped him and himself back to Prime. Felix was badly wounded, but fortunately, Tranductus had been well versed in healing, using his light powers. Felix slept soundly until he was jarred awake hours later. His mood was all over the scale-- Regret, sadness, anger, small. Tranductus tried to comfort him, but he found he was unable. It wasn't until he told his dad that the creature seemed to have every intention of keeping them alive that hope returned to Felix. It was then that Felix and Tranductus made their resolve. They would do anything within their powers to save their family. They went their seprate ways.